My submission for Level 1 simplifying. I feel like I went too detailed on the boots... Hope to hear your feedback :)

The snail gave me a harder time compared to the camel.

Boots were brutal, probably going to give it another go and take a bit more time with it to try getting a bit more of the detail

The boots gave me a hard time but the snail was fun to draw.

I feel like I did the snail well enough but gave up on the shoes

Felt a little defeated and overwhelmed before watching the demo, quickly making confident lines and ignoring the details was difficult for me. I followed along with the demo and used a 2H to map in the big shapes then used a 3B to confidently get my CSI lines in. Still not as quick confident and accurate as I wanted but now I am feeling better! Attached are my two attempts before the demo and then the attempt while copying the techniques shown.

pre demo- boots were on procreate, but I forced myself to not use the undo feature

Boots before and after watching the demo. Still some scratchy lines I need to work on, but I feel like I definitely see imporvement.

This was so difficult. The boots felt like a throwback to an art class in college where we drew a pair of boots for 3 hours. I did the snail twice before watching the demo. I felt kind of mixed on sketching out proportions vs. drawing confident lines. Like how much can I sketch in before I'm missing the point? I'm not sure. It's definitely an exercise I need to do more of. For the boots I got frustrated and after drawing nice lines I colored it in a bit. Kind of ruins the point but I forgot to take a picture beforehand. It was easier after watching the demo - especially the emphasis on how we are currently not trying to replicate perfectly. The proportions of the boots definitely tripped me up initially. And then of course the shoelaces were a pain.

Snail and Boots before and after demo, if you guys have any thoughts please don't hesitate to share! PS: sorry for the quality of scans.

Here are my versions of the level 1 photos. The boots were really though for me, especialy the laces. Any feedback would be welcome 🙂

Project 02: Simplify to CSI Before Demo & After Demo 1) While drawing I look more at paper not subject, which is advised. But while looking at subject more, not feeling confident and fearing of spoiling the sketch

Here is my first and second attempt at drawing. (NGL, the first time I drew the boots, I definitely made them look cartoonish, which I kind of like, but the snail, I could have spent more time actually doing it on my first attempt.)

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Those are my 2nd attempt on drawing the level 1 references. I did those after I watched the demo and did it on my own, not drawing along with Stan. I definitely felt more confident and comfortable drawing the laces.

loved the snail but I gave up on the boots for now it tripped me much more then level 2 exercises. Those lace made my adhd brain go crazy tried and couldnt do it. Will come back to that one later and I’m finishing my exercise 2 for now ahah. The video really helped thought to understand why I found it that hard

This exercise took me a little over 4h. The boots were a challenge not just because of the straps, but also their perspective. I added some line weight as well. Great exercise, it helped me a lot on how to approach a sketch.

Boots were very difficult but I'm quite satisfied with the result !